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The Moon on Wednesday, May 12, 1982: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 82.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on May 12, 1982Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 12 May 1982405,168 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 12, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.9% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
405,168 km251,760 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1982 is on Saturday, May 8, 1982 at 00:45 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 23, 1982 at 04:40 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 8, 198200:45
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 16, 198205:11

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Wednesday, May 12, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 1982 to the new moon of May 23, 1982, a cycle of 29.34 days.